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New York Times: Sunday, December 30, 2012
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, December 30, 2012 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Steve Savoy
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Working hours
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Bit of a trickle
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Rental car add-on
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Rental car add-on
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Series of rounds
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Unlikely to surprise
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Megan of "Will & Grace"
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Megan of "Will & Grace"
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High
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High
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Sign-off for Spanish spies?
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Sign-off for Spanish spies?
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Wee
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Wee
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Suffix with human
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Peyton Manning's former teammates
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Chuck of NBC News
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Chuck of NBC News
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Grub around
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Grub around
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Zero-calorie cooler
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Zero-calorie cooler
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Parched
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Scale
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Scale
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Hosen material
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Hosen material
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Two bottled liquids kept in a cabinet?
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Two bottled liquids kept in a cabinet?
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Language that is mostly monosyllabic
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Language that is mostly monosyllabic
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Lifeguard's skill, for short
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Lifeguard's skill, for short
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Suffix with direct
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Some red spots
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Some red spots
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Early education
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Early education
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Champion model maker at the county fair?
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Champion model maker at the county fair?
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Know-___
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Drain cleaner, chemically
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Early seventh-century year
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Singer Falana and others
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Singer Falana and others
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Ellipsoidal
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Ellipsoidal
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Handel's "___ e Leandro"
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Handel's "___ e Leandro"
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At full speed
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At full speed
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Blather
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Blather
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Movies often with shootouts
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Movies often with shootouts
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Wacky exercise regimen?
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Wacky exercise regimen?
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20 cigarettes per unit and 10 units per carton, e.g.?
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20 cigarettes per unit and 10 units per carton, e.g.?
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World capital that's home to Zog I Boulevard
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World capital that's home to Zog I Boulevard
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Volatile stuff
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Volatile stuff
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Lions' din
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Lions' din
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"Well, looky there!"
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"Well, looky there!"
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Sweet-talked, maybe
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Sweet-talked, maybe
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Have one's cake and eat ___
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Have one's cake and eat ___
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Hoppy pub quaff
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Hoppy pub quaff
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Covering
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Covering
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Forbes competitor
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Forbes competitor
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Green room breakfast item?
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Green room breakfast item?
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Onetime high fliers
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God holding a thunderbolt
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God holding a thunderbolt
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Expert finish?
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Expert finish?
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From ___ Z
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From ___ Z
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Tiny chastisement
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Musical composition about a lumberjack's seat?
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Home territories
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Home territories
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Division of biology
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Division of biology
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Paperback publisher since 1941
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Paperback publisher since 1941
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Siege weapon
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Siege weapon
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Swore
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Swore
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Wally of cookie fame
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Stunner
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Stunner
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Its employees might have jumper cables: Abbr.
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Shortstop Garciaparra
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Shortstop Garciaparra
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Try-before-you-buy opportunities at knickknack stores?
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Try-before-you-buy opportunities at knickknack stores?
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Golfer Norman and others
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Fabricates
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Fabricates
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Part of an applause-o-meter
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Brontë heroine
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Brontë heroine
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Sonny
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Sonny
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El ___
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El ___
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Analyzes, in a way
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Analyzes, in a way
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Straighten out
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Some baton wielders
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Some baton wielders
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Like stocks
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Like stocks
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Modern communications, for short
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Purse item
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Purse item
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"Silas Marner" author
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"Silas Marner" author
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Mendeleev who created the periodic table
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Mendeleev who created the periodic table
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Regrets
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Regrets
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Timeworn
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Timeworn
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Heavy-duty protection
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Heavy-duty protection
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Went smoothly
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Went smoothly
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Go laboriously
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Go laboriously
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The "S" of OS: Abbr.
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The "S" of OS: Abbr.
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Eponymous Italian city
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Eponymous Italian city
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Like Ben-Hur and company when not racing?
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Like Ben-Hur and company when not racing?
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Handy
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Handy
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Jazz pianist McCoy ___
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Jazz pianist McCoy ___
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Prettify
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Prettify
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Pope Agatho's successor
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Pope Agatho's successor
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Whizzed
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Whizzed
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Fix the coloring of, say
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Fix the coloring of, say
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Cymric
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Cymric
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Petal pusher?
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Petal pusher?
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Dragged (on)
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Dragged (on)
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A.T.M. maker
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A.T.M. maker
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Alternatives to chips, say
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Alternatives to chips, say
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One out?
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One out?
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Poor
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Poor
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One having a little lamb
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One having a little lamb
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Over
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Over
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Figaro in "The Barber of Seville," e.g.
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Figaro in "The Barber of Seville," e.g.
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"Gangsta's Paradise" buyer?
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"Gangsta's Paradise" buyer?
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Empathetic response
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Empathetic response
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"Time, the devourer of all things" writer
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"Time, the devourer of all things" writer
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Skewed to one side
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Skewed to one side
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It juts into the Persian Gulf
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It juts into the Persian Gulf
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Less
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Less
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Examine carefully
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Examine carefully
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Insts. of learning
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Insts. of learning
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Capone henchman
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Capone henchman
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Elusive African animal
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Elusive African animal
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Unmitigated
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Unmitigated
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Dr. ___
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Dr. ___
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"I'm ___ you!"
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"I'm ___ you!"
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Do
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Do
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Pacifiers
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Pacifiers
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Grilled cheese sandwich go-with
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Grilled cheese sandwich go-with
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"Don't Nobody Bring Me No Bad News" musical, with "The"
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"Don't Nobody Bring Me No Bad News" musical, with "The"
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Logical start?
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Logical start?
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___ a limb
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___ a limb
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Invite to the penthouse suite, say
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Invite to the penthouse suite, say
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Retiring
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Retiring
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Mail letters
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Mail letters
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Pro
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Pro
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Hold stuff
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Hold stuff
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Goes without nourishment
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Goes without nourishment
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Detox patients
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Detox patients
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Gunner's tool
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Gunner's tool
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Skirt
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Skirt
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"Just watch me!"
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"Just watch me!"
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Hops dryer
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Hops dryer
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Bantu language
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Bantu language
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One way to deny something
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One way to deny something
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Equilibria
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Equilibria
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Skin disorder
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Skin disorder
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White shade
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White shade
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Singer ___ Marie
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Singer ___ Marie
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Glow
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Glow
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Morse dashes
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Morse dashes
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Mil. team leader
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Panasonic competitor
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Panasonic competitor
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Certain util. workers
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